Punishment Park (1971)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Patrick Boland	...	First Tribunal Defendant
	Kent Foreman	...	Defendant in the tribunal
	Carmen Argenziano	...	Jay Kaufman, Tribunal Defendant
	Luke Johnson	...	Defendant in the tribunal
	Katherine Quittner	...	Nancy Smith
	Scott Turner	...	James Arthur Kohler, Tribunal Defendant
	Stan Armsted	...	Charles Robbins
	Mary Ellen Kleinhall	...	Allison Mitchner
	Mark Keats	...	William C. Hoeger, Tribunal Chairman
	Gladys Golden	...	Mary Jurgens, Tribunal Member
	Sanford Golden	...	Sen. Harris
	George Gregory	...	Mr. Keagan
	Norman Sinclair	...	Alfred J. Sully - Tribunal Member
	Sigmund Rich	...	Prof. Hazlett
	Paul Rosenstein	...	Paul Reynolds - Tribunal Member

Storyline

"Punishment Park" is a pseudo-documentary purporting to be a film crews's news coverage of the team of soldiers escorting a group of hippies, draft dodgers, and anti-establishment types across the desert in a type of capture the flag game. The soldiers vow not to interfere with the rebels' progress and merely shepherd them along to their destination. At that point, having obtained their goal, they will be released. The film crew's coverage is meant to insure that the military's intentions are honorable. As the representatives of the 60's counter-culture get nearer to passing this arbitrary test, the soldiers become increasingly hostile, attempting to force the hippies out of their pacifist behavior. A lot of this film appears improvised and in several scenes real tempers seem to flare as some of the "acting" got overaggressive. This is a interesting exercise in situational ethics... Written by Dick Rockwell <dr1orok@atlas.moa.net>  

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